TidyForms has an excellent project template with a hefty amount of details in a nine-page document. Complete with a cover page, table of contents, document control, a template guide, and tons of information in between, this is an all-inclusive template.

It is outline-structured, includes clear tables for data, and has a spot to insert your project plan from another application, such as Microsoft Project.

TidyForms also has a short and sweet project scope template. This document is in a paragraph form, which is good for when a lot of explanatory details are needed.

Beginning with the project purpose and moving onto stakeholders, time frames, approach, inclusions, and finishing with sign-offs and document control, it comprises 15 useful sections on just two pages.

6. Change Request

If your company does not require a specific change request form, this one has the information you need. With a clean table format, it not only includes the change detail spots for description and reason, but also cost effects, rejection reason, and approvals with signature lines.

If cost effects are not part of your purview on the project, but alternatives and implications to quality are, then this template might be a better choice for you.

Specific to Word 2016

If you are using Word 2016, you already have access to many useful and well-formatted templates for project management. Simply go to File and then select New to open the template section. If you type in the word Project, you will yield the most results. While this may give you more than you need, if you narrow it down using the phrase Project Management, some templates will not appear.

Scope Report and Change Authorization

One pair of templates that go well together includes a project scope report and project change authorization. Not only does the look and feel match, but often times the project scope is changed and an authorization to do so is necessary. Each form has a handy drop-down to add the date, tables for signatures and authorizations, field hints, and easy click-to-type sections.

Status Reports

Word 2016 has a few good project status reports that are formatted a little differently. It really depends on your needs and preference for which of the three you prefer. But, each is useful and accomplishes the goal.

With a Casual Look

The first one lays out issues, milestones, and summaries nicely with a convenient drop-down at the top for the overall project status along with a legend. This one has a more casual look to it.

With a Table Format

If you need a status report with a specific budget section and a clear table structure, then this is your report. It also has a drop-down for the date and a sophisticated, one-page layout.

With Budget, Risks, and Issues

The last status report is clean and precise. It includes a good summary section, budget overview, and risks and issues.

More Template Options

Depending on your industry or type of project, Word 2016 offers wonderful templates that you will find useful. A project communications plan, employee weekly status report per project, service invoice, and meeting minutes are all available options as well.

With her BS in Information Technology, Sandy worked for many years in the IT industry as a Project Manager, Department Manager, and PMO Lead. She then decided to follow her dream and now writes about technology full-time.